OPEN DOORS - 2 July 2019
Prov. 26:2 "As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the CURSE CAUSELESS SHALL NOT COME."
In our everyday life, we may open doors to many things because opportunities that present itself may look appealing but does not necessarily mean that it is from Yahweh God. Likewise, just because an opportunity may look uncertain, does not mean that it is NOT from Yahweh God.
A BLESSING or a CURSE:
"OPEN DOORS" winking in a distance - inviting us to STEP THROUGH - can be a BLESSING from YAHWEH God, or a CURSE (a "BLESSING" from the devil).
We NEED SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT:
Discernment is a form of spiritual wisdom, of spiritual perceptiveness and insight - it is a form of understanding - all spiritual fruits in the life of a believer.
Scripture gives us some principles to help us to discern if an OPEN DOOR (opportunity) is really from Yah.
It will NEVER CONTRADICT the WORD of YAHWEH:
The OPEN DOOR will NEVER CONTRADICT the WORD of YAHWEH God for example to NOT be UNEQUALLY YOKED with an UNBELIEVER (2 Cor. 6:14)
There will be NO SELF JUSTIFICATION:
The opportunity will not be JUSTIFY by OWN SELF JUSTIFICATION - COMPLETELY TURNING the WORD of YAH AROUND to JUSTIFY our DESCISION or ACTION.
THERE WILL BE CONFIRMATION:
The OPEN DOOR from YAHWEH God will be ACCOMPANIED by CONFIRMATION (Verses from the Bible; others Godly people, etc.)
There will be DEPENDANCE on YAH:
The OPPORTUNITY from Yahweh God will REQUIRE DEPENDANCE on Him. Many times an 'open door' from YAH is one that ALLOWS our FAITH to be STRETCHED and STRENGTHENED.
If we have NOT SUBMIT to YAHWEH - TURNING OUR LIVES OVER to Him, DEPENDING on HIM for EVERYTHING, then we will NOT KNOW what DEPENDANCE on Him means.
The Bible tells us that we NEED to "HUMBLE" ourselves under the MIGHTY HAND of our heavenly Father - to SURRENDER COMPLETELY.
1 Peter 5:6-7 "Therefore HUMBLE YOURSELVES UNDER the MIGHTY HAND of YAHWEH God, that He MAY EXALT you in due time, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON Him, for He CARES for you."
TRUSTING COMPLETELY in YAHWEH:
Just like a little child depending on his parents - a little child cannot feed himself;
cannot prepare food to eat;
cannot dress himself properly;
cannot take care of himself ...
are totally dependent on his parents - so we must TURN OUR LIVES OVER to our HEAVENLY FATHER DEPENDING wholeheartedly ON HIM for EVERYTHING -
LET YAHWEH'S WILL BE DONE in our LIVES not our own:
From our human perspective, EVERYTHING is PENDING. We DO NOT KNOW what TOMORROW will brings ... We DO NOT EVEN KNOW what the NEXT MINUTE or HOUR will BRING.
TRUST is LINKED to FAITH:
TRUSTING ABBA is HAVING FAITH in HIM - RELYING on HIM - ADHERING to HIM. It is OBEDIENCE to HIS WORD (HIS VOICE).
OBEDIENCE:
The Bible tells us that OBEDIENCE is better than SACRIFICE ... and to HEAR and DO ... better than the fat of rams (1 Sam. 15:22-24)
Yahshua Himself said in John 14:15 "IF you LOVE Me, KEEP My COMMANDMENTS". He said that we WILL KEEP His commandments - not because the LAW says we must but BECAUSE we LOVE Him.
OPENED DOORS and DOORWAYS through which the enemy gain access into our lives:
Some believers mistakenly belief that when 'getting saved' by receiving Yahshua into their lives - salvation automatically takes care of prior open doors and that the enemy and his demonic spirits have to flee and leave.
There are a great deal of DECEPTION and MISINFORMATION and LACK of KNOWLEDGE regarding the 'OPEN DOORS' and DOORWAYS, that are used by the ENEMY to work in our lives.
The DEVIL as the SPIRITUAL LEADER - the "PRINCE of the POWER of the AIR" (Eph. 2:2) - the "GOD OF THE WORLD" (2 Cor. 4:4) (and his army of evilness) does NOT HAVE the RIGHT to randomly afflict us - they are RESTRICTED by YAHWEH our heavenly Father ... the JUST JUDGE ...
UNLESS ... there are UNREPENTED SINS in our lives that are giving the kingdom of darkness access into our lives.
Prayer taken from Ephesians 1 and 2:
Father, we pray to You the Father of ALL GLORY that You may grant us a SPIRIT OF WISDOM - of DESCERNMENT - of REVELATION - INSIGHT into Your MYSTERIES AND SECRETS in the DEEP and INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE of You (Eph. 1:17) by having the EYES of our HEARTS FLOODED with LIGHT, so that we can KNOW and UNDERSTAND the HOPE to which YOU HAVE CALLED us. May we understand the RICHNESS of Your GLORY and how rich YOUR GLORIOUS INHERITANCE is in the TRUE BELIEVERS. (Eph. 1:18). Thank You Father, for PUTTING ALL THINGS under YOUR FEET, and thank You for APPOINTING Your SON, YAHSHUA our MESSIAH as the UNIVERSAL AND SUPREME HEAD of all the GENUINE BELIEVERS - Your BODY ... (Eph. 1:22). Thank You for MAKING US ALIVE, when we were SLAIN by our TRESPASSES of our SINS, in which we once walked, following the course and fashion of this world. We were under the sway of the tendency of this present age, following the prince of the power of the air. We were obedient and under the control of the devil that still constantly works in the sons of DISOBEDIENCE - the careless - the rebellious - and the unbelieving who goes against Your purposes. (Eph. 2:1-2). We lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh, our behavior governed by our corrupt and sensual nature, obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind, our cravings, dictated by our senses and our dark imaginings. We were then by nature children of Your wrath and heirs of Your anger, like the rest of mankind. (Eph. 2:3). Thank You Father that even when we were dead, slain by our own shortcomings and trespasses, You MADE US ALIVE TOGETHER in FELLOWSHIP and in UNION with MESSIAH YAHSHUA. You GAVE us the VERY LIFE of YOUR SON Himself and SAVED us - delivered us from judgment - raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together in the heavenly sphere in YAHSHUA our MESSIAH, the ANOINTED ONE (Eph. 2:5-6) (Amplified Bible) Amen.